# Dostpur Village, Sohawal, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sohawal, Faizabad 

# Dostpur

Dostpur is a village in Sohawal sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,594 people in 246 households**, the 88th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,594people (2011)
- 246households
- 70.3%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dostpur

Of every 100 households in Dostpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dostpur · ■ Sohawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**77%

Tap water ****2%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****87%**

**86%

Television ****24%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dostpur?

■ Dostpur · ■ Sohawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**941

Working population ****26.3%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 59.2% for women. 43% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 164 (39%) · **■** Marginal 114 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sohawal

- Ballipur1,681 people
- Babhangawan1,677 people
- Ghatam Pur1,669 people
- Kalaferpur Uparhar1,611 people
- Rasulpur Sakrawal1,593 people
- Tajpur Kodara1,556 people
- Manjha Kala1,537 people
- Pora1,533 people

[All 158 villages in Sohawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/sohawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dostpur?1,594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dostpur in?Faizabad district (Sohawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dostpur?70.3% (Census 2011)